St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-04
to give you any idea of what he intends


Said the first speaker: ''The only
question for Gov. Oglesby to consider is
(, the degree of punishment. The ques-
tion of guilt is fully settled by the court
| and the decision of the supreme court
| sustains the constitutiOnality of the law
| under which they were tried and con-
victed. Now, I'll tell you where Oglesby
can be touched, and that is upon the
question of innocence. If he has rea-
son to suppose that man is uniustly
accused, then he is sympathetic. He is
| particularly careful to find out whether
man is guilty OF not, but in this case
| that is out of the question. The courts
have settled that, and the men say they
wont have cOmmutatiOn-they want
liberty or death. don't see what the
governor can do. Whatever he does,
however, will be right, and we will all
| approve his action.''
Far be it from me to intimate that all
the sympathy expressed at this time is
born of cowardice. On the contrary the
most callOus reader must be more or less
affected by the present condition and
Sweethearts, and children of these un-
fortunate men. 1t is
"The Dark Place
of the earth which are full of the habi-
tatiOn of cruelty" AS man mergeS
from barbarism into society he places a
like value upon the lives of others to
that in which he regards his own. The
mo ha 70 of re
and others lives; society is conservative
of both. 1t is horrible thought that
seven men, now full of life and thought,
may by the pulling of a single bolt be
left as inert, as impOtent as the timberS
of the gallows that must be erected be-
fore the 18th day of this month, unless
executive mercy intervene. 1t is yet
more horrible to think of the walls of
the widows and orphans, the wives that
were and the wives that were to be.
Most men would be glad could they
temporarily absent themselves from the
world on that fatal day. But other
thoughts of private sorrow rise unbid-
| den. While society pities the men and
their relatives and friends, no word
''for us and country died, - for the dread
Haymarket riot, OF for the friend of the
dead. No word of remorse for the past,
No Promise OF Reform
for the future has passed the bars of
their prison. While society, whose
laws have been broken, whose officers
have been slain, has watched in sad
eila tIf. eli nd inn fc IF
trial and appeal. Anger and menace
have inspired the words of that danger
Gus class upon whose passion and upon
whose ignorance the condemned men
worked to 'he dire climax of the Hay
market. Jurors and judges, attorneys
and sheriffs, the governor of the state
and the president of the nation alike
have been threatened with death by do
mestic or foreign allies of the con-
demned.
While every plea that friendship,
even when it was lawless, could make
on behalf of the offenders has been
faithfully recorded by the press, the
language of the press has been malig
nantly distorted, hideouSly perverted,
most falsely translated by alien agitat-
ors TO aliens who were themselves in
capable, by reason of ignorance of the
American tongue, from correcting the
malicious error. This has been done as
means of exciting future riot. Neither
the condemned nor their friends have
made protest. Nor is it to be forgotten
that, with the exception of poor Sam
Fielden, not one of the men who urged
murder and spOilatiOn as settlement of
labor troubles appear to have been
labOrer in good faith. Two of them are
absolute aliens, four are naturalized
citizen, one is native American. But,
Fielden Excepted,
They all seem to have earned money
by urging others not to work, rather
than by working themselves. Be the
final result what it may, neither sophis-
try nor sympathy will ever be strong
enough to engrave the names of six out
of the seven on the honorable roll of
silent martyrs for labor.
MIS-. Lucy f. Parsons created good
deal of excitement shortly after noon
to-day. About 2:30 O'Clock she left the
office of Devlne's Western Newsman
provided with several hundred copies of
Gen. Trumbull's address to Gov. Og-
archists. The speech is made up in
pamphlet form and entitled, WAS it a
Fair Trial?" No sooner had Mrs. Par
sons made her appearance on the street
than crowd began to gather, and she
sold copies of her book at cents each
as fast as she could pass them out. She
went up stairs for fresh supply, and
when she returned Clark street, from
Madison to Monroe, was
Literally Packed
with people anxious to catch glimpse
OF this celebrated woman. Several Off
GERS from the Central squad room were
sent down to clear the street, and par
tally succeeded. as Mrs. Parsons re-
moved the cause by retiring to Editor
Devine's sanctum. A few moments later
She again came ont and proceeded south
at rapid walk. followed by large
crowd which gathered around her. On
reaching the government building she
again halted on the steps and once more
offered her book for sale. In five min
utes the sidewalk and steps were packed |
with people, and just as Mayor Roche
came along and gave orders that the |
people be cleared away deputy mar
shall came to Mrs. Parsons and ordered |
her to move on. She returned at brisk |
walk to Devine's Office, still followed by |
the eager. curious crowd. At the ell |
trance she broke III, and rushing up the |
stairway she sank exhausted and almost |
fainting on chair. In less than an |
hour she had sold nearly 1900 copies.
Il have permission from the mayor"
said she, Ito sell the books, and will |
go out again in few minutes. as soon